This article traces a methodological path for constructing a statistically and normatively
validated assets indicator, that in turn can be used within an internationally comparable …

Questions that often come up in contexts where household consumption data are
unavailable or missing include: what are the best existing methods to obtain poverty …

Over the past two decades, many developing countries have made impressive progress in
reducing undernutrition. We explore potential explanations of this success by applying …

The study analyzes the impact of corruption and natural resources on economic growth by
incorporating the role of per capita income and Information Communication Technologies …

Africa is said to be rising, turning a definitive page in its history, heralding new and exciting
possibilities for the continent. This discourse maintains that with upsurge in economic growth …

While A frica may have overcome its growth tragedy, it is facing a statistical tragedy, in that
the statistical foundations of the recent growth in per‐capita GDP and reduction in poverty …

" The Global South is relatively neglected in research about our" compartmentalised world".
The volume of publications on inequality has increased five-fold since 1992, but many of …

'A valuable corrective to the fraying narrative of [African] failure.'Foreign Affairs Not so long
ago, Africa was being described as the hopeless continent. Recently, though, talk has turned …

Background Economic growth is widely regarded as a necessary, and often sufficient,
condition for the improvement of population health. We aimed to assess whether …

The unplanned urban expansion and extreme population pressure have caused several
bottlenecks for city dwellers, which have been reflected in the form of inter-urban spatial …